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- ISBN 9780367316747
- Weight: 453g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 27 Aug 2019
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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In this evocative essay on the cultural and social history of a unique and fragile city, Jonathan Porter examines Macau as an enduring but ever-changing threshold between two worlds, the West and China. Founded by the Portuguese in 1557, Macau emerged as a vibrant commercial and cultural hub in the early seventeenth century. The city then gradually
Jonathan Porter is professor of history at the University of New Mexico and the author of All Under Heaven: The Chinese World.
